MATTER OF COMMUNITY HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 20-60718.

990 F.3d 422 (2021)

In the MATTER OF: COMMUNITY HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INCORPORATED, Debtor, Edwards Family Partnership, L.P.; Beher Holdings Trust, Appellees, v. Kristina M. Johnson, Trustee for Community Home Financial Services, Incorporated, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Fred Spencer, Jr., Esq. , Stephanie McGee Rippee , Joseph Collins Wohner, Jr. , Watkins & Eager, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Appellees.

Kristina M. Johnson , Jeffrey Ryan Barber, Sr., Esq. , Attorney, Jones Walker, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, Mark Alan Mintz , Jones Walker, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Appellants.

Before Elrod, Willett, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


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